2016-01-29 Recently, NATO released the 2015 annual report from the Secretary General. It has been a busy year for NATO and the report highlights and summarizes many of those activities. The executive summary to the report highlights developments during the year. Safeguarding freedom and security has always been NATO’s aim.…
2016-01-28 The November 13th attacks on France reminded the world once again that the battle with ISIS and Islamic terrorism is at once a domestic and a foreign policy challenge. As Murielle Delaporte wrote from Paris, shortly after the November 13th attacks: A new reality is born from the bloodshed…
2016-01-27 By Richard Weitz During his three day visit to India, French President François Hollande had the honor of attending India’s Republic Day parade. The military sent a contingent to participate in the parade and this was the first time a foreign military contingent has done so. The French delegation engaged…
2016-01-26 The Indians have developed and are building their own fighter aircraft in the form of the Tejas aircraft. According to the Indian Aeronautical Development Agency: India’s Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) together with its variants, is the smallest and lightest Multi-Role Supersonic Fighter Aircraft of its class. This single engine,…
01/26/2015: This video highlights events at the Bahrain Air Show. Credit:U.S. Air Forces Central Command Public Affairs:1/22/16 According to an article by Chris Church in Stars and Stripes published January 26, 2016: The Bahrain International Airshow drew more exhibitors and visitors and resulted in more orders than the 2014 show, officials…
2016-01-23 Recently, the Royal Australian Navy conducted an exercise with the Chinese Navy on its way to the Middle East. And last Fall, the RAN visited China and made port calls and performed a rescue exercise as well. According to the Australian Ministry of Defence in a piece published on January 4,…
2016-01-23 When the US Navy declared IOC on the Rolling Air Frame Missile Block 2 in 2014, you would barely know of its origins. The Navy declared initial operational capability (IOC) on Raytheon’s Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Block 2, which brings greater accuracy and maneuverability to the self-defense system, the company…
01/22/2015: Earlier, we have argued that the training of the Peshmerga is a significant element of not only defeating ISIS but in building a post-Baghdad transition in Iraq. Here we are providing a series of updates on that training effort, being engaged in by the United States and several key…
